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<div><h1>Net ^ ZZ -- raise a net or string</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>n^i</tt></div>
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<li><span>Operator: <a href="_^.html" title="a binary operator, usually used for powers">^</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>n</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Net.html">net</a></span>, or a <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span></span></li>
<li><span><tt>i</tt>, <span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___Net.html">net</a></span>, obtained by elevating <tt>n</tt> by raising its characters by <tt>i</tt> rows</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
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If <tt>n</tt> is a string, then <tt>n^0</tt> is an easy way to convert it to a net.<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : s = "x"
o1 = x</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : class(s^0)
o2 = Net
o2 : Type</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : n = s^1|"ij"
x
o3 = ij</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : n^-3
o4 =
x
ij</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_strings_spand_spnets.html" title="">strings and nets</a></span></li>
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